Today's News

Republican Mitt Romney has pulled into a dead heat with President Barack Obama in the battlegound state of Virginia, according to a new statewide poll released last week.
Romney and Obama are tied at 44 percent in a survey conducted by Quinnipiac University. Obama led Romney by 5 percentage points in a June 7 Quinnipiac poll and by 8 points in a March survey.

HILLSVILLE — Carroll deputies and a Virginia State Police canine unit quickly located a suspect in an Orchard Gap breaking and entering Monday, leading to charges against a 37-year-old Cana man, according to Sheriff J.B. Gardner.
Deputies received a report at 8:22 a.m. from an unspecified property owner that someone had broken into his home while he was away, according to the deputies.

RICHMOND — Carroll County is on the list of localities that could be reimbursed by the federal government for costs associated with the severe storms of June 29 through July 1, according to the governor’s office.
State officials said Monday that Gov. Bob McDonnell requested the financial assistance from the Federal Emergency Management Agency for Virginia and for 59 localities affected by the “derecho” storms.

Once weighing more than 400 pounds, Steve Hooks is now glad he stumbled across spinning class at the Galax Recreation Center.
Hooks, 50, of Galax, was considering gastric bypass surgery to shed the weight before he started spinning classes in January. He has since lost about 50 pounds through the help of Weight Watchers and Doris Spangler, his spinning instructor.
A casual bike rider, Hooks was tired of lugging the excess weight along the New River Trail. Now, he can go faster and farther than before.

Obamacare is great
Well, this kind of scam alert about paying bills for seniors in the paper today. I don’t know about that, but I do know Obamacare is great. I am a senior citizen and this preventative care medicine and paying all your tests and shots has been a lot to me, being on a fixed income.

HILLSVILLE — As town council seeks to fill the vacant Hillsville police chief position, members split Monday on whether getting hiring advice from a board of law enforcement leaders from other localities would make the process go more smoothly.
Town officials continue to advertise for both a new town manager and a police chief, but Vice Mayor Ed Terry focused his comments on filling the vacancy in the police department.

ROANOKE — A 58-year-old Hillsville man pleaded guilty in federal court Monday to being a part of a conspiracy to deal methamphetamine with seven others.
Robert Columbus Caldwell faced three counts relating to distribution of meth, after a federal grand jury indictment in February.
He was charged with distribution and possession with the intent to distribute 500 or more grams of meth, a schedule II narcotic, as well as two counts of distribution of meth.

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District Court

These sentences were recorded in April in the Carroll County General District Court Office, Hillsville. Sentences may be appealed: